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Webinars and Training

2015 NADRC Webinar (March 12, 2015): Outreach and Recruitment for People with Dementia and their Caregivers (weblink)

Presenters: Jed A. Levine and Anne Wolf
This webinar will provide participants with information on outreach and recruitment with two hard to reach populations of people with dementia and their caregivers. Anne Wolf will speak about efforts in South Carolina to serve rural areas of the state by providing services for people with dementia and their caregivers. Jed Levine will speak about outreach and recruitment of people with dementia and their caregivers in the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities.

2015 NADRC Webinar (May 5, 2016):Veterans Affairs Mobile Adult Day Health Care Program
Presenter: Karen Massey RN BSN, Karen Elechko
Participants who attend this webinar will learn about how the VA Mobile Adult Day Program meets the specific needs of people with dementia through its programming, staff training, and support to caregivers.

Presenters: Emily Farah-Miller and Annette Sandler
The webinar will focus on the issue of Dementia Friendly Communities. Participants will learn about concepts related to Dementia Friendly Communities and examples of implementing these concepts into the community.

Presenters: Deborah Paone
The webinar will focus on the issue of Business Planning for Dementia Programs. Participants will learn about the purpose of business planning for dementia programs, components of a business plan, funding strategies, and evaluation.

Mobile Applications for the Community and Law Enforcement to Assist Vulnerable Adults

Presenters: David Cardell (EyeOn App), Sharee Rines Georgia Adult Protective Services
Participants who attend this webinar will learn about the development and implementation of two mobile applications that are designed to assist vulnerable adults who live alone.

Presenters: Patty Barnett Mouton, Daphne Johnston, MA, MPA
Participants who attend this webinar will learn about two faith-related programs for people with dementia and their caregivers— Alzheimer’s Orange County Interfaith Outreach Program in Orange County, California and the Respite Ministry in Montgomery, Alabama.

Presenters: Patty Barnett Mouton, Daphne Johnston, MA, MPA
Participants who attend this webinar will learn about two faith-related programs for people with dementia and their caregivers— Alzheimer’s Orange County Interfaith Outreach Program in Orange County, California and the Respite Ministry in Montgomery, Alabama.

Presenters: Robert Bowles and Angela Taylor
This webinar provides and overview of LBD and how it differs from Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s. Attendees will learn the symptoms and treatments of LBD and how disease impacts caregivers. First hand experiences and compensatory strategies will be shared by a person living with LBD.

Presenter: Dr. Cathy Piersol and Judy Berry
The webinar will focus on the issue of effective communication and its impact on behavioral symptoms in people with dementia. Participants will learn about various dementia care models that help explain why behavioral symptoms occur and how communication strategies can effect behavior. They will also learn about a model used in a specialized dementia care facility that focused on effective ways to communicate with persons with dementia to meet their underlying emotional needs.

Presenter: Lisa Lines and Constantina Mizis
The webinar will focus on the issue of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dementia. Participants will learn about racial and ethnic differences in dementia diagnoses, support systems, and use of formal services and how the Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance works to alleviate some of differences in support and use of services as they relate to dementia.